Re: Sorting out those phonetics
| From: | Ed Heil <edh@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 22, 2000, 6:23 |
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On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 11:06:37PM -0400, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Adrian Morgan wrote:
> > Being Australian is a distinct disadvantage when
> > all sources on phonetics are British or American
> > :-)
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> J.C. Catford's Practical Introduction to Linguistics is a good source.
> He explains about vowel height and all, thereby explaining where vowels
> are produced in the mouth, rather than giving examples.
I think you mean _Practical Introduction to Phonetics_.
Yes, it's awesome, and is specifically written not (as much as
possible) to assume any particular accent.